Readings

[legalmoose]

Been reading a lot of "self-help" style stuff of late (yay for the instant gratification of e-books on the Palm). I suspect this is because of the feeling of being out of control thanks to the ankle. Anyway, recurring theme in all of them, no matter the overarching topic, can be boiled down to, "accept that you're human, and therefore flawed, and you'll do your best, but you will mess up once in a while, and that's okay."

Perfectionism as the enemy of the good (the fit, the organized, the motivated, the etc.).

Ruminations are needed on this, but that will mean scheduling some time away from the computer and/or other distractions, and those distractions have been far, far too distracting of late (speaking of which, doublejoe7, I tried the NWN module this weekend, talk to me later about it). I feel like I've had a lot of time to sit with my thoughts, but haven't used any of it to do any thinking.

Let's hope the ankle boot comes off tomorrow, or at least soon.

Comments

[doublejoe7.livejournal.com]

So tell me about it. :)

[legalmoose]

Well, with no henchman, I died twice. The second time was so far after the last time I'd saved the game that I ended up killing it to go do something else.

The big baddies were pretty quick to come around the corner and almost overwhelm my Lvl 14 monk when he was already swamped with the little critters. At least, they were for the first module (I learned to draw them out carefully and pick at the groups after the first group of undead to the north). I think I went around the four counter-clockwise. The minotaurs got a bit predictable (I wonder what's behind door #2? *grin*) after the first two arms, but that's okay in a minotaur dungeon. The other mix of critters seemed slightly out of place together, perhaps you'd want to be more thematic, but the mix of difficulty was pretty good.

I'd put something on the floor in the middle room so it appears that's how you got there (one of those red spirals or a portal or something). Just appearing in the middle of a room with no other markings was a bit disconcerting.

So, I liked it. :)

[doublejoe7.livejournal.com]

So you were able to kill all the creatures? How many of the arms did you explore? Yeah, you should have been able to respawn and run away - no loss of exp when you died. Yeah, well, the minotaurs being predictable... I kept them behind the doors so you don't get massacred - otherwise if they roamed freely how I initially had it - it was a mess. Yeah, I still need to paint props and treasures and add the bosses. Thanks for the input.